NEW DELHI: An African woman died on Thursday after allegedly jumping from the third floor of a residential building during a raid conducted by the Anti-Narcotics Squad (ANS) in the Delhi’s Swaroop Nagar area, according to news agency PTI.The incident took place during an ongoing investigation linked to an NDPS case registered at Burari police…
Mumbai: Eight persons were injured after a fire broke out in a flat on the sixth floor of a building on JVPD Road No. 12 in Juhu around 7.40 am. The fire gutted a flat on the sixth floor in Manisha Building, a ground-plus-11-storey structure near Arogya Nidhi hospital.According to officials of the fire brigade,…
Women pose during the launch of the Gruha Lakshmi scheme in Bengaluru Bengaluru/Delhi: Beneficiaries of the govt’s Gruha Jyothi scheme residing in rented houses may soon have to submit an affidavit to prove they are not claiming the subsidy illegally or for more than one household.Announcing the move in Delhi Wednesday, chief minister DK Shivakumar…
Chennai: AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Thursday condemned the recurring power cuts in Tamil Nadu, alleging that the TVK govt had failed to plan adequately for the state’s growing electricity demand. In a statement, EPS said unannounced outages were affecting households, small industries, farmers and students across the state. With temperatures crossing 40℃…
Hyderabad: Just days after the southwest monsoon entered Telangana on Monday, the state is witnessing a fresh spell of intense heat, with dry northwesterly winds triggering heatwave conditions across several districts.Temperature data on Thursday showed Mancherial recording the highest maximum temperature at 42.8 degrees Celsius, followed by Komuram Bheem at 42.7 degrees Celsius, Jayashankar Bhupalpally…
A political controversy erupted in Rajarhat-Gopalpur on Thursday after govt relief materials were allegedly recovered from the office of former Trinamool MLA Aditi Munshi. Following a tip-off, BJP MLA Tarunjyoti Tewari visited the premises near Baguiati bus stand on Thursday, where a search led to recovery of public goods. Tewari alleged that multiple rooms were…
Guwahati: Union home minister Amit Shah on Thursday said the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (Afspa) will be withdrawn from the entire northeast next year, barring one or two states.Speaking at the signing of a tripartite MoU between the Centre, Assam and Nagaland to facilitate mineral oil operations in boundary areas, Shah said the shrinking…
Arvind Kejriwal (Image source: ANI) NEW DELHI: AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s message thanking US President Donald Trump for his wishes and said India’s sovereignty, dignity and national interest should remain paramount in its dealings with foreign nations.Reacting to a post by Modi on X in which he…
The TOI correspondent from Washington: The White House Situation Room, forged during the Kennedy years of the Cold War, has hosted some of the most consequential discussions in modern American history: nuclear crises, the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, responses to terrorist attacks, and wars overseas.According to a forthcoming book by New York Times…
One of Bollywood’s most iconic heartbreak songs, Tadap Tadap Ke from Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, was not originally composed for the Sanjay Leela Bhansali directorial. Music composer Ismail Darbar recently revealed that the chartbuster was initially created as a scratch track for another major film before it eventually became a part of the 1999…
